目的
本企画の目的は以下の３点です。
Through Kizuna we hope to achieve 3 main goals:
１．国内外の学友達と文化交流を促進する。
Objective #1: Increased student communication and friendship
私達が、前回の日中合作ミュージカルで得た教訓「一つの共同作業をやり遂げると強い絆が生まれ国境の壁を越えられる」を更にグローバル化します。
This goal arose to our consciousness through the cast and staff’s previous experience in the Japanese-Chinese Musical Project. From the creation of this event, we learned that, “collaborative efforts build strong bonds.” With the goal of increasing international partnership based in Japan, we believe that students from Osaka University with our partners from outside of Japan can transcend national borders and form sustainable and lasting friendships. It is the sincere hope of the cast and staff to promote, maintain, the synergy born from cooperation and friendship.
２．高齢化・介護問題を国内外の若者と共に考える。
Objective #2: To spread awareness and consciousness of the present rise of aging populations and the question of how the elderly will be cared for by the young.
世界的に深刻化している高齢化問題、特に老人介護の問題は、私達もやがて迎える大きな問題です。今回の舞台は、施設・ホームのお年寄りや団塊世代のご年配の方々にぜひご覧頂きたいと考えています。
At present the rise of ‘aging societies’ ‘graying societies’ or ‘graying populations’ is a global phenomenon based mainly in developed countries. However, it is our purpose to produce a program that draws attention to the role, character, and lifestyle of the elderly on the entire planet in the near future. As Kizuna has the question of, “What is Humanitarian elder care?” as its’ primary theme, our target audience is those members of society who will be affected most by changes in how the elderly will be cared for in the future, and can provide valuable feedback to this question.
Seniors who are already advanced in age.
Members of the baby boom generation.
It is our sincere hope that those who are already involved with the elderly, and the elderly themselves will watch Kizuna and provide valuable feedback as to their feeling towards what humanitarian elder care means to them.
３．ロボットと人間との絆の可能性を模索する。
Objective #3: To find connections between robots and humans
前項の問題に、本物の介護ロボットを舞台に登場させ、人間との絆の可能性を考えます。阪大ロボット研究者のご支援を頂きながら進めたいと思っています。
In relationship to the goal of brining awareness to the reality that elder care will become one of the most important issues of the 21st century, we hope to look into what the future may bring to the elderly. So, we hope to have a real life caretaker-robot perform on stage. Through the robot’s performance, we hope to raise question the reality, fragility, and strength of our human to each other, and that which we will have with robots. Our robot is being made especially for Kizuna by robotics researchers and developers and researchers at Osaka University.
